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Evaluation of laboratory-scale in situ capping sediments with purple parent rock to control the eutrophication

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In this study, the effectiveness of controlling the eutrophication using purple parent rock to cap the sediments was evaluated in the laboratory scale. Sediments were collected from Sanxikou reservoir (China) in July 2013. Then, three types of purple parent rock (T1f, J3p, and J2s) which are distributed widely in southwest China were used to cap the sediments. Limestone and calcite were used as the contrast group, because they had been reported as effective controls on eutrophication. Then, they were incubated at 20 °C for 46 days. The results indicated that the application of purple parent rock as a barrier material can effectively inhibit the release of nutrient elements in sediments, and the inhibition rates of total nitrogen (TN), total phosphorus (TP), ammonium (NH4–N), and nitrate (NO3–N) were much better than that of limestone and calcite. Among the three types of purple parent rock, J3p exhibited the best inhibitory effect on the release of nitrogen in sediments, and the inhibition efficiency of TN, NH4–N, and NO3–N was 59.7, 77.6, and 45.1%, respectively. As for T1f, it exhibited the best inhibitory effect on the release of TP in sediments with the inhibition rate of 94.4%. Whereas all these capping materials showed weak inhibition on release of organic matter in sediments, and the inhibition efficiencies were less than 20%. Moreover, these treatments could also cause distinct changes in the microbial community in sediments and overlying water, and the contents of TN and TP in all capping materials increased. All results demonstrated that purple parent rock could inhibit the release of nutrient in sediments through mechanical interception, physical adsorption, and chemical absorption as well as changing the microbial activity in the covering layer, sediments, or overlying water.

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This work was supported by the International Science & Technology Cooperation Program of China (2013DFG92520) and the Scientific Research Innovation Project of Chongqing, China (CYS16080). We also thank Dr. Yong Zhang and the reviewers for their good proposals for the paper.

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    Xuejiao Huang, Wenhao Shi, Jiupai Ni & Zhenlun Li

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Huang, X., Shi, W., Ni, J. et al. Evaluation of laboratory-scale in situ capping sediments with purple parent rock to control the eutrophication. Environ Sci Pollut Res 24, 7114–7123 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-017-8414-x

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